Oeder GRALLE.] [Fam. SCOLOPACID.E. 



LIMOSA BAUEEL 



(BARRED-RUMPED GODWIT.) 



Limosa baueri, Naum. Vog. Deutschl. viii. p. 429 (1836). 



Limosa lapponica, var. novae zealandice, Gray, Voy. Ereb. and Terror, Birds, p. 13 (1844). 



Limosa brevipes, Gray, Cat. Grallse Brit. Mus. p. 95 (1844). 



Limosa australasiana, id. op. cit. p. 96 (1844). 



Limosa novai-zealandice, Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 570 (1847). 



Limosa wopygialis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 38. 



Limosa foxii, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 231, pi. 65 (1848). 



Limosa ritfa, Temm. & Schl. Faun. Japon. p. 114 (1850). 



Gallinago punctata, Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 7470. 



Native name. — Kuaka. 



Ad. pfil. Mem. supra brunnescens, pileo summo unicolori : colli plumis vix medialitcr saturatioribus : dorsi 

 plumis conspicue medialiter saturatius brunncis, scapis nigricantibus, scapularibus cinereo lavatis : 

 uropygio et supracaudalibus albis, fasciis brunneis conspicuis transnotatis : tectricibus alarum dorso 

 eoncoloribus extus fulvescente anguste marginatis, medianis et majoribus nigricante medialiter lineatis : 

 primariis saturate brunneis, intiis pallidioribus, scapis albis, secundariis grisescenti-brunneis, extiis 

 albido limbatis : cauda brunnea, rectricibus centralibus cinerascentibus conspicue albo terminatis : loris 

 et genis albicantibus : corpore subtiis sordide albo, collo inferiore et pectore summo cinerascentibus, 

 bypocbondriis vix brunneo fasciatis : subalaribus et axillaribus all)is brunneo transfasciatis : rostro 

 brunneo, mandibula ad basin rufescente : pedibus saturate plumbeis : iride nigra. 



Adult in winter. Crown of the bead and sides of the face dusky brown, mottled with yellowish brown ; 

 throat, and a streak from the base of the upper mandible extending beyond the eyes, white ; neck, all 

 round, brownish grey, spotted with dark brown on the nape ; upper part of the back rusty brown, with 

 darker centre spots, and mottled with white ; the scapulars light rust-brown, with a series of white 

 triangular spots on each web ; lower part of back greyish white varied with brown ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts white, conspicuously barred with brown, these bars assuming on the outer feathers the form 

 of arrow-heads ; breast and sides of the body creamy white, sometimes stained with grey ; abdomen 

 aud under tail-coverts pure white, some of the latter with irregular dusky bars; lining of wings and 

 axillary plumes white, faintly barred with brown ; primaries clove-brown on their upper surface, darker 

 on their outer webs and towards the tips, light grey on their under surface, with dusky freckles ; 

 secondaries marked like the scapulars, but with the spots on the inner webs inclining to fulvous ; the 

 wing-coverts are clove-brown, more or less tipped with white ; tail-feathers brown, barred towards the 

 base, and the middle ones largely tipped with white. Irides black ; bill light brown, tinged with purple 

 in its basal half, black beyond; tarsi and toes deep bluish grey ; claws black. Length 18 inches ; ex- 

 tent of wings 31 ; wing, from flexure, 9 - 75 ; tail 3'5 ; bill, along the ridge, 4; bare tibia 1 ; tarsus 2 - 2 ; 

 middle toe and claw 15 j hind toe and claw - 5. 



